MOVIE REVIEWS
Now showing around town… maybe streaming.
Time for Love
Taiwanese director Leading Li goes back in time for his LGBTQ genre mash-up, The Time of Huan Nan.
Up and Away
Fan fiction? An Il Mare riff? Suicide jokes? A Balloon’s Landing is just weird and ballsy enough to be enjoyable.
Get the Gauze
Ado-rom! That’s it. 18x2 Beyond Youthful Days is a better adolescent romance than most.
Happy Ever ‘After’
Yes, there’s a death, but Blue Lan’s coming-of-age dramedy After School carries a welcome respite from LGBTQ+ misery.
Animal Crackers
The Pig, the Snake and the Pigeon is out of its damn mind. But in a good way.
Mucky Suds
Taiwanese director Giddens Ko rounds up his usual suspects for the kooky gangster rom-com Miss Shampoo.
‘Day’ Gone By
Proving good things come in small packages, Day Off is a little slice of nuthin’ that’s surprisingly effective.
Dead or Alive?
Is Marry My Dead Body one giant leap for LGBTQ+ equality or a drastic slide backwards into regression?
Culture War
It’s not just an American/Canadian/Australian screw up. Laha Mebow explores indigenous life in Taiwan in GAGA.
Grab Lunch instead
Ryan Tu leaves Light the Night to try an earlier meal in high school rom-com My Best Friend’s Breakfast.